＄02-00-03-15-5-0 [soundStopAll] [charaSet A 1098118100 1 "Longsword Swordsman"] [charaSet B 1098117500 1 "Old Man"] [scene 45800] [fadein black 2.0] [wait fade] [se ad481] [wt 1.5] ＠??? ...It sounds like a hawk is crying somewhere in the distance. [k] [messageOff] [wipeout rectangleStripUpToDown 0.4 1] [wait wipe] [scene 20112] [wt 0.4] [wipein rectangleStripDownToUp 0.4 1] [wait wipe] [se ad337] [seVolume ad337 0 0.05] [wt 0.1] [seVolume ad337 1.0 0.9] [wt 2.5] [seStop ad337] [bgm BGM_EVENT_11 0.1] ＠Longsword Swordsman Distinguished elder. [k] ＠Longsword Swordsman Surely it is too soon for you to coop yourself up here in Reigandou. I can see you are fairly withered, but you cannot be older than sixty at most. [k] ＠Old Man ...Seems my destiny has finally arrived.[sr]You're late. [k] ＠Longsword Swordsman I am very sorry.[sr]But I am glad to see I am not too late. [k] ＠Old Man You're well past “too late.” I can feel death reaching out for me even now. It's reached the point where I'm thinking about my mother. [k] ＠Longsword Swordsman Thinking back on your mother? Haha, you are a deal more softhearted than I had thought, Lord Shinmen Musashi. [k] ＠Old Man You watch your mouth. [k] ＠Old Man At any rate, it's good of you to finally come. I've been awaiting you for so long. I never thought you would be the one to keep me waiting. [k] ＠Old Man Unfortunately, I'm afraid I cannot rid myself of my regrets. Look. These hands of mine can no longer hold two swords. [k] ＠Old Man I'm so sorry. Forgive me.[sr]Please forgive me...! [k] ＠Longsword Swordsman There is nothing to forgive.[sr]Please hold your head high, distinguished elder. [k] ＠Longsword Swordsman I must say, you have chosen a wonderful hermitage. It's completely cut off from all the outside world's din. [k] ＠Longsword Swordsman Were I to live a long life and grow old in peace, I believe I would choose just such a place as this little shrine for my last days. It is so quiet and peaceful. [k] ＠Longsword Swordsman There's no hustle and bustle of the town to be heard.[sr]Only the slow passage of time. [k] ＠Longsword Swordsman I see you have reached a state[sr]quite unlike the one I attained. [k] ＠Old Man Haha. Hahaha... Of all the things I thought you might say, praising my final resting place certainly wasn't one of them. You are terrible at giving compliments. [k] ＠Old Man Here, there is no time, no space,[sr]no fate, no good, and no evil. [k] ＠Old Man Iori is all grown up. He's carrying on for Mikinosuke admirably. I think he was a chief retainer for the daimyo, last I heard... [k] ＠Old Man I am going to die.[sr]That is why I have been waiting for you, my destiny. [k] ＠Old Man I must say, though...I've never seen such a handsome swordsman before. [k] ＠Old Man You look like a cool summer breeze made flesh and blood. Your swordsmanship must be beautiful to behold, my destiny. [k] ＠Longsword Swordsman Beautiful, you say? [k] ＠Longsword Swordsman You are my superior in the art of giving[sr]compliments by far. I am but a simple eccentric. [k] ＠Longsword Swordsman All I ever did was hide away in the mountains and spend my days by swinging my sword. I may be an eccentric swordsman, but I am a far cry from a swordmaster like you. [k] ＠Old Man “Swordmaster,” eh.[sr]Is that what some people call me...? [k] ＠Old Man Hmm, now that you mention it, I suppose I ran into a few of them myself at some point... [k] ＠Old Man Still...hehe, “master” is quite an exaggeration.[sr]I am nothing more than a washed-up old man. [k] ＠Longsword Swordsman “Exaggeration”? You are THE Shinmen Musashi. You will certainly leave behind more than enough legends to earn the title of master. [k] ＠Longsword Swordsman Miyamoto Musashi. Shinmen Musashi. There is not a swordsman alive who does not yearn to be you, and I have no doubt there will be many more to follow your footsteps. [k] ＠Longsword Swordsman You will become a legend.[sr]I am sure of that much, if nothing else. [k] ＠Old Man ...A legend, eh? [k] ＠Old Man I'm just an old man. I was wild and crazy in my youth,[sr]but in my old age, I tried to act a little wiser... [k] ＠Old Man But as you can see, in the end, I'm still[sr]just a shriveled up old man dying all alone. [k] ＠Longsword Swordsman ... [k] ＠Old Man Still, I suppose there were one or two people who reached out to me. [k] ＠Old Man There was the old monk who never met a lecture he didn't like. Oh, and a young man and woman who followed me around sometimes. [k] ＠Old Man ...[sr]... [k] ＠Old Man Those people are why I'm still alive today.[sr]No one can survive all on their own, after all. [k] ＠Old Man Of course, by the time I realized that, I was already all alone... At any rate, that's all I had to say. Sorry to subject you to an old man's grumbling. [k] ＠Longsword Swordsman I believe you are slightly off the mark there, distinguished elder. [k] ＠Longsword Swordsman As you said, you raised Miyamoto Iori to be a fine young man, and you are leaving behind the Niten Ichiryu as your legacy. [k] ＠Longsword Swordsman You may be alone here in Reigandou now, but stories of your life will continue to spread well after your death. [k] ＠Longsword Swordsman Now that I have finally experienced this,[sr]I think I will go on ahead. [k] ＠Longsword Swordsman All I have is my body and my techniques.[sr]Once I die, they'll both be as dust in the wind. [k] ＠Old Man ...Stop that. Now YOU'RE the one sounding like an old man. I don't want to see you looking so forlorn. [k] ＠Old Man You give yourself far too little credit. You are a refined swordsman. You are the embodiment of the wind, and are more than worthy of being called my rival. [k] ＠Old Man Our duel was not to be in this life... [k] ＠Old Man But perhaps someday, in a different time and place...[sr]Ahh, if only this were hell. [k] ＠Old Man Then I could devour oni flesh, stand...and take up my blades! [k] [bgmStop BGM_EVENT_11 1.5] [messageOff] [charaTalk A] [charaFace A 7] [charaFadein A 0.7 1] [wt 1.5] [charaFace A 1] ＠Longsword Swordsman Worry not.[sr]There is no need to mourn our unrealized duel. [k] ＠Old Man What...? [k] [charaFace A 6] ＠Longsword Swordsman I did duel Musashi, only moments ago.[sr]I saw for myself what Niten Ichiryu was capable of. [k] [charaFace A 7] ＠Longsword Swordsman Oh, I must have lost consciousness.[sr]...So, I guess this means...that swordsman is gone? [k] [charaFace A 0] ＠Longsword Swordsman Shinmen Musashi did indeed appear before me, and[sr]reached zero. I assure you, that is the truth. [k] ＠Old Man ... [k] [bgm BGM_EVENT_6 0.1] ＠Old Man I see. [k] ＠Old Man ...Then I shall take your word for it. I see.[sr]So, Musashi did reach the void, and came to know zero. [k] ＠Old Man That is...good to hear, Sasaki Kojirou, my destiny. [k] ＠Old Man Very...good to hear...indeed... [k] ＠Old Man Just what I needed...to put my soul at peace... [k] [messageOff] [wt 0.7] [wipeout openEye 2.5 1] [wait wipe] [charaFadeout A 0.1] [scene 10000] [wt 0.2] [wipein openEye 0.3 1] [wait wipe] [wt 0.4] ＠Longsword Swordsman Farewell, Musashi. Farewell, Shinmen Musashi-no-Kami Fujiwara-no-Harunobu. [k] ＠Longsword Swordsman Farewell, my greatest rivals.[sr]I am grateful we had the chance to meet. [k] ＠Longsword Swordsman Even as we were never meant to. [k] [messageOff] [fadeout black 1.5] [bgmStop BGM_EVENT_6 1.4] [wait fade] [wt 0.4] [soundStopAll] [end]